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Where Does The Last Name Wacht Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Wacht has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wacht? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Wacht is the 329,025^th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 6,466,323 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 61 percent of Wacht reside; 49 percent reside in Western Europe and 42 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 359 people, or 1 in 1,009,635. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 17 percent are found, California, where 14 percent are found and Michigan, where 11 percent are found. Aside from The United States it occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 31 percent are found and Poland, where 11 percent are found.

Wacht Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Wacht has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wacht last name grew 3,989 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wacht Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Wacht surname are 9.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.47% registered to vote for the political party.

Wacht earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.3% more than the national average, earning $49,318 USD per year.